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An Intro to the Energy Problem
Life is so busy for people these days, there is little time to think about “energy conservation,” “sustainable living” or “ecological footprints.” Go into your local bookstore and find the section that has energy or environmentally related books and you'll likely find that it’s substantially smaller than the “self-help” (or even the “cooking”) section. Although it’s easy to leave energy and environmental strategy to the government, it’s unrealistic if we hope to sustain the planet in a way that will allow our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren the same natural pleasures we have enjoyed. We all need to be more aware of our planet and its responses to our actions. Granted, there's no way around using resources, but we can learn to be smart about how we use them.
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What would a meaningful plan against Peak Oil look like?
For those of us who have been paying attention to the global economic and indeed geologic forces in play behind the gradual upswing in oil and energy prices, we can see that the long term projection of Peak Oil is going to have major ramifications on society—the era of cheap, easily accessible energy is gradually coming to an end. What will take its place? Will the world slide deeper into the simmering conflict that is already taking place on religious, cultural, and economic grounds, or are there solutions to be found that create a more harmonious solution? Let's take some time to consider what a meaningful means of combating the economic stresses might look like.
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